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Tuesday, 21 February 2017

Gorham's Rangers Uniform. The reversible coat of 1761.


Description of Ranger deserters from Gorham’s Company of Rangers in 1761.
"clothed in the Uniform of the Company, viz. Coats, red turn'd up with brown, with brown Capes and brown Insides, which may be worn either Side out; Waistcoats of the brown Colour; Linnen Draws, leather Jockey-Caps, with Oak-Leaf or Branch painted on the left Side".
Five deserters from Major Gorham's Company. 'Boston News Letter' 1761.







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